Tips and
advice

· Have a title page or
even a short title and then a title page.

· Add some blank pages at
the back for additional notes.

· Larger inserts can be
bound into the book, as long as the folds do not come close to the edges of the
book. It is recommended that they are folded back 1cm from any edge. This is to
ensure that they are not cut off when we trim the book round. Extra large
inserts may be better pocketed at the rear of the book.

· Use a good quality
paper of 90gsm or 100gsm. Some of the glossy photographic printer papers are
rather heavy and can result in a book that is too heavy, so take
care.

- Keep the paper in the same
room as your printer for at least 24 hours before printing. This is especially
important if you are using a laser printer as the heat generated from the
printer can curl the paper. With some of the heavier weighted papers this can
be quite a problem.

·An acid free paper would
be the best choice of paper to use. This is usually not indicated on the
packaging of the paper and the only way to be sure is to get in touch with the
manufacturer. The main cause of image loss is due to acids in the printer inks
themselves. Your work should however last for a few of hundred years, depending
on storage -which is longer than any other storage option (eg. CD-ROM will last
approx. 100 years- if there is anything in existence to play it on!). Your
images will of course be in the dark when the book is closed. ( There is an
excellent online programme, "Losing the past " episode One in which a spokesman
from the UK data archive talks about the loss of data from the 1911, 1921, 1951
1961 ann 1971 censes on "listen again" currently 04/03/05) at
"www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/losing_the_past.shtml"

In order to give any future
owner of the book more insight into how your images may have deteriated you
could copy the image below onto a rear page. This will give an indication of
how your inks may have changed. If you "right" click with your mouse over the
picture you will be able to save the picture onto your computer and then paste
it onto a suitable page of your book.